The commission, co-chaired by External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, decided to set up a high-level working group in various areas like agriculture, health, science and technology, IT, information, education, telecom and tourism.

The Extradition Treaty and the MLAT are significant since India has already sought handing over of 20 terrorists and criminals, including alleged Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim, taking shelter in Pakistan.

With an aim to enhance people-to-people contacts and address the problem relating to detained people, India presented three proposals, including liberalisation of visa regime and improvement of consular access system.

The second proposal deals with the issue of consular access under which New Delhi will recommend that both sides exchange lists of nationals under its arrest on January 1 and July 1 every year.

It also involves updating of the Protocol by inclusion of practices already agreed upon such as notification of any arrest to the respective High Commission and providing consular access to all prisoners within three months of date of arrest and repatriation within one month of confirmation of nationality status.

The amendment to Protocol on visit to religious shrines includes increasing of the number of pilgrims and shrines on both sides that can be visited and issuance of group visas.

With an aim of encouraging cross-border tourism, New Delhi proposed tour packages for Pakistanis and enlist the tour operators from this side who could be entrusted the responsibility to promote exchanges in this area.